Ethiopian (Falashas) Shavuot, 50 days from end of Pesach, Festival of First Fruits
Last day to bring korbon chagigah, the Shavuot offering
Constantinople falls to Turks under Mohamed II, 1453, more rights for Jews
Bavarian edict on the Jews promulgated, 1813
Death of R. Isaac b. Samson Ha-Kohen, Prague, 1624, Kizzur Mizrachi
Death of Israel Michael Rabinowitz, 1893, Legislation Civile du Talmud
Death of R. Chajim Kimchi, Constantinople, 1735
Birth of A. A. Wolff, chief rabbi of Copenhagen, Darmstadt, 1801
Death of Benzion Frizzi of Ostiano, apologist of the Jews, 1844
Death of Lionel Nathan Rothschild, member of English Parliament, 1879
Death of G. R. Halphen, mathematical writer and French artillery officer, Versailles, 1880
Death of R. Joseph Aub, Berlin, 1880
Death of Meir Heimerdinger, justice of the District Court in Karisruhe, 1883
Death of Calmann Levy, publisher, Paris, 1891
Death of P. E. von Noorden, musician and composer, 1896
Death of Leon Kahn, Jewish historian, Paris, 1900